Experience with Wilkinson tremolos?

You may be better off asking on the Strat Talk forum- those cats are crazy about modding.

Does it have a push-in trem arm?

 

Somewhat off topic but I'm quite pleased with the Wilkinson Tele bridge that I installed on my Harley Benton Tele. Very decent affordable hardware.

 

No experience but they look well made. The Tele bridges are great value. I’m less enamoured with the roller bridge though.

 

I've had a Wilkinson on my Partsocaster for several years, no problems whatsoever. Stays in tune well.
A lot cheaper than a genuine Fender bridge.
I did change some of the saddle grub screws for slightly shorter ones though, don't like 'em sticking up!
The block has an adjustable grub screw to adjust the arm flopiness.
It was gold plated, hence the tarnishing after several years of hard gigging!
It's left handed by the way.
A good man is Trev!
(Just one small point, the arm is at a different angle as opposed to a Fender arm. Doesn't affect actual playing, but can't fold in back flat in the case, it sticks up a bit. But no problem, it just easily pulls out).

 

I've never owned one, but the blade style ones like the model you mentioned that I've played w/ &/or worked on seemed pretty good. Intonation adjustment is a bit different since you need to push the saddle into position then lock it down from the top, but not too bad.

Generally speaking the Wilkinson hardware seems good for the price to me.

 

I replaced my MIM Strat bridge with the wilkerson years ago. I did have much better stability. As I remember then were not that expensive either.

 

VS50 are made to a different standard than the VS100, specifically the metallurgy and hardening. The Vs50 knife edges and saddles are more susceptible to deformation. They aren't bad, but they aren't one of those pieces you install and it just works great forever. For that, you'll want to move to the VS100. The VS100 is a pretty indestructible and very well-made piece.

 

The experiences I’ve had with Wilky trems have been good ones!

 

Ive installed them on a couple strat builds. Very nice but I'm happy w the american standard strat trem using graphtec saddles and 4 springs.

 

These issues sound generic and not specific to Wilkinson. I suspect users would experience them regardless of brand.
I forgot I have a VS100 somewhere which I don’t like because it sounds “light” not because the function is hampered.

 

True, that's the nature of the floating system.
I have these fitted in both my Strats. I keep it locked most of the time, as I do a fair amount of bending, but it's just a quick turn of two screws for when I want to use the trem.
Keeps in tune when locked and unlocked.
Another benefit is if you're playing with it locked, you can still finish a number if you break a string, unlike as with a floating trem.

https://www.tremol-no.com

 

I did look into the Tremsetter at the time but it seemed a bit hit or miss.
The Tremol-No is simplicity itself to set up. Just needs a bit of alignment with the grub screw where it joins the tremolo block to make sure there's smooth movement of the 'piston' rod. Doesn't take long.

 

I have enjoyed Wilkinson trems for many years, and loved all of it. They are much easier to work with than any of Fender's trems, and I don't have any problem keeping mine in tune.